We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include a new species of Phytophthora detected in Germany and the USA, the first report of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens causing bacterial rot of onion in Korea, and molecular characterisation of a yellow vein mosaic virus infecting okra in India.
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- Phytophthora obscura sp. nov., a new species of the novel Phytophthora subclade 8d.
Grünwald, N. J.; Werres, S.; Goss, E. M.; Taylor, C. R.; Fieland, V. J. (2012) Plant Pathology 61 (3) 610-622. - Taxonomy of the genus Aetheomorpha Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini) from China, with description of five new species.
Wang FengYan; Zhou HongZhang (2012) Journal of Natural History 46 (23/24) 1407-1440. - First report of Phytophthora palmivora as a causal pathogen of citrus brown rot in Japan.
Tashiro, N.; Uematsu, S.; Ide, Y.; Matsuzaki, M. (2012) Journal of General Plant Pathology 78 (3) 233-236. - Fourteen new records of cercosporoids from Thailand.
Phengsintham, P.; Chukeatirote, E.; McKenzie, E. H. C.; Moslem, M. A.; Hyde, K. D.; Braun, U. (2012) Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology 6 (1) 47-61. - Aceria tulipae (Keifer, 1938) new record for the Turkish eriophyoid fauna.
Deni̇zhan, E. (2012) Bitki Koruma Bülteni 52 (1) 119-122. - Alaskan Ribes L. and Rubus L. plant species surveyed for viruses.
Tanovic, B.; Quito-Avila, D. F.; Martin, R. R.; Tanovic, B. (2012) Acta Horticulturae 946, 237-242. - Occurrence of bacterial rot of onion caused by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in Korea.
Hwang SunKyoung; Back ChangGi; Win NangKyuKyu; Kim MyungKyum; Kim HeeDae; Kang InKyu; Lee SangChul; Jung HeeYoung (2012) Journal of General Plant Pathology 78 (3) 227-232. - First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo.
Yang Lin; Chen XiangSheng; Li ZiZhong (2012) ZooKeys 187, 35-43. - Molecular characterization of distinct bipartite begomovirus infecting bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) in India.
Venkataravanappa, V.; Reddy, C. N. L.; Salil Jalali; Reddy, M. K. (2012) Virus Genes 44 (3) 522-535. - New record of Thrips palmi Karny 1925 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Iraq.
Hamodi, A. A.; Abdul-Rssoul, M. S. (2012) Arab Journal of Plant Protection 30 (1) 142-144.
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